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Sentiment

noun

Tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion.

A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty. Synonyms: opinion, persuasion, thought, view. "I am not of your persuasion" , "What are your thoughts on Haiti?"

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"Sentiment" Quotes from Famous Books

... and asked the station-master if it could be arranged. He said no; and not only that, but said it rudely; said it with a quite unnecessary show of feeling. Then he muttered something about my being a jackass, and walked away and pointed me out to people, and did everything he could to turn public sentiment against me. It is what one gets ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... revives an old drama he must appeal to the interest of his audience; it may not be the identical interest which held the original spectators of the piece spell-bound, but, none the less, it must be an interest. When a manager revives an old musical comedy he appeals directly to sentiment. ...

— The Merry-Go-Round • Carl Van Vechten

... for the first time,"[1133] says Madame de Stael, "on his return to France after the treaty of Campo-Formio. After recovering from the first excitement of admiration there succeeded to this a decided sentiment of fear." And yet, "at this time he had no power, for it was even then supposed that the Directory looked upon him with a good deal of suspicion." People regarded him sympathetically, and were ...

— The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 5 (of 6) - The Modern Regime, Volume 1 (of 2)(Napoleon I.) • Hippolyte A. Taine

... is to be gained by exciting a female's curiosity. It's an active sentiment is curiosity, and properly improved may lead to ...

— The Pathfinder - The Inland Sea • James Fenimore Cooper

... himself a glass of lemonade. "What's sentiment got to do with it? It's just a standard ...

— If at First You Don't... • John Brudy

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